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an effective tool against counterfeiting Ágnes Vadász, Hungarian Patent Office April 25 200 6. Problems addressed. Illegal copying of existing trademarks (logos), and industrial designs damage the economy and jeopardize public safety
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an effective tool against counterfeitingÁgnes Vadász, Hungarian Patent OfficeApril 25 2006
Problems addressed • Illegal copying of existing trademarks (logos), and industrial designs • damage the economy and jeopardize public safety • Identifying and retrieving a trademark or a design within databases is • a complex task • require classification expertise • time-consuming
Solution • Produce a tool to intensify fighting against illegal copying of existing trademarks (logos), and industrial designs: eMage database containing Registered Trademark and Industrial Design (RTID)data • from national and regional RTID collections (AT, FR, HU, PT, WO, OHIM) • using multilingual natural language interfaces (EN, FR, DE, PT) • and image processing techniques with pattern recognition
Content of the database 1 Valid figurative trademarks (Total number of the images: 1.013.776)
Content of the database 2 Valid and non-valid industrial designs (Total number of images: 1.049.834)
Benefits • Simplified access to RTID databases on a cost-effective and time consuming manner for the following target groups: • European customs and police who want to intensify the fight against counterfeiting • Supporting the general public, particularly SMEs to protect their own trademarks or industrial designs, and to avoid infringements • IP Offices and attorneys (lawyers) who have to perform prior art searches
Search example 1- Trademark Bounce on shape and color
About the project • Two-year demonstration project supported by the European Commission in the framework of the eCONTENT Programme • Project period: April 1 2004 – March 31 2006 • Status: • Preparing final reports to the EC
Partners of the consortium • OEPA (Austria) • HPO (Hungary) – Data Integration Center • INPI (France) • INPI (Portugal) • Intrasoft International (Belgium) – Data Center • Lingway (France) • LTU Technologies (France) – Computer Center
Future of the project • According to the contract the eMage service should be self-financing • New proposal in the framework of the eTEN Programme • For market validation and initial deployment • Pre-requisite: pilot project – eMage • Feasibility study of • developing a global access for customs and anti-fraud services • eMage supplementary content acquisition • adding new RTID collections and • languages in the eMage NLP interface
Further information Official web site of the eMAGE project www.emage-ipr.org